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Thread ID: 105724 2009-12-11 22:00:00 Infecting a virtual PC with malware andreas.hagen (15380) Press F1
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838887 2009-12-13 01:30:00 If you install Virtual PC using Windows 7 Professional and your Virtual PC gets infected with a virus / malware etc is there any way it can infect Windows 7? Annanz (3044)
838888 2009-12-13 01:47:00 If you install Virtual PC using Windows 7 Professional and your Virtual PC gets infected with a virus / malware etc is there any way it can infect Windows 7?

Yes, it could easily xfer over the ports that the host \VM communicate, or over tcp/ip as any normal 2 pc's might.
SolMiester (139)
838889 2009-12-13 07:24:00 Yes, it could easily xfer over the ports that the host \VM communicate, or over tcp/ip as any normal 2 pc's might.
Yep it could run automated exploits on certain services(whether virtual or not)but if your patched its much less likely. Ofcourse there could always be holes in the vmware itself.

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pkm (13527)
838890 2009-12-13 08:12:00 If you want to infect a PC, it's better to infect a real one as you can isolate a physical PC. pcuser42 (130)
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